Who Should I Trade?

Carson Palmquist for Max Meyer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Max Meyer SP - MIA	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 47	‐
VBR	# 208	# 803

Projections

Strikeouts	64	18
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.98	4.76
WHIP	1.30	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 34	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 59	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 39	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 52	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 52	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 29	# 213

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Max Meyer SP - MIA	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	5

Games Started	19	3

Innings Pitched	108.0	9.1

Wins	9	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	82	11

Earned Runs	31	6

Home Runs Allowed	11	1

Strikeouts	116	11

Walks	38	2

ERA	2.58	5.79

WHIP	1.11	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Max Meyer SP - MIA	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	21

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	63.5	19.6

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	58	19

Earned Runs	28	10

Home Runs Allowed	8	3

Strikeouts	64	18

Walks	22	9

ERA	3.98	4.76

WHIP	1.30	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Max Meyer SP - MIA	Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH
News
	Max Meyer will start on Saturday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Carson Palmquist will open for the Nationals on Friday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	The Marlins say Max Meyer will not start on Sunday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	Carson Palmquist was called up from Triple-A Rochester on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th
	Max Meyer allowed two runs on four hits and two walks while striking out four across five innings in Tuesday's 6-5 win over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th	The Nationals optioned LHP Carson Palmquist to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Max Meyer allowed five runs (one earned) on six hits and no walks while striking out five across six innings in Wednesday's 6-3 loss to the Colorado Rockies. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 2nd	The Nationals recalled Carson Palmquist from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Max Meyer allowed two hits and two walks while striking out five across seven scoreless innings, picking up the win on Friday against the St. Louis Cardinals. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 27th	The Nationals acquired LHP Carson Palmquist from the Rockies for cash. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Max Meyer SP - MIA			Carson Palmquist SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#163	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#128
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#238	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#235
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#196
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#323
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#153	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#317
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI			vs TOR
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI			vs TOR
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM			@ ATL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Carson Palmquist for Max Meyer (2026)

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